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Argentina is Latin America's second-largest country in terms of size, fourth-largest in terms of population, and third most important in economic terms. It is a federal republic, composed of 23 autonomous provinces plus the autonomous (capital) City of Buenos Aires. It is an electoral democracy with universal adult suffrage, a presidential system of government and separation of powers. Executive power is vested in the President of the Republic, legislative power in the bicameral National Congress ...

Tunisia: Political groups and parties

Kratki prikaz 08-09-2016

In December 2010, a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire in apparent protest against state repression and systematic economic hardship, triggering a series of uprisings across Tunisia and the Middle East, commonly known as the 'Arab Spring'. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's authoritarian leader since 1987, was forced out of power after his government reverted to violence against demonstrators. Although the nascent democracy has been praised internationally for its attempts to bring ...

Independent candidates remain marginal vote-getters in the vast majority of elections in which they compete. However, they do regularly win seats in legislative assemblies in a number of European countries, and occasionally achieve surprise victories in others. Half of the EU member states currently grant ballot access to independents in national legislative elections, while only a quarter of member states allow non-party candidates in European Parliament elections. Ballot access requirements for ...

The European Parliament's rules of procedure regulating written declarations are under review. Written declarations are a way for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to initiate or reintroduce parliamentary discussion on a matter of common concern.

This study has been prepared by the Observatory on Political Parties and Representation (OPPR), part of the European Democracy Observatory (EUDO) at the European University Institute (EUI). It covers four aspects: 1) An analysis of the political doctrine and programme of major political parties in several Member States. 2) An examination of current procedures applied to political parties to choose leaders for European Office. 3) The development of proposals on how to help a European political party ...